Clab

The Clab, also known as Centralt mellanlager för använt kärnbränsle (Swedish for 'Central holding storage for spent nuclear fuel') is an interim radioactive waste repository located about 25 kilometers north of Oskarshamn Nuclear Power Plant [1] and is owned by Oskarshamnsverkets Kraftgrupp AB (OKG), in Oskarshamn. It was opened in 1985 for the storage of spent nuclear fuel from all Swedish nuclear power plants. The fuel is stored for 30 to 40 years, in preparation for final storage.

Spent nuclear fuel storage pool, similar to those at the Clab

The facility currently contains approximately 6,500 tons of high-level waste, submerged in 8 meters of water, in pools 30 meters below the surface.[1] Contaminated reactor components, such as control rods, are also stored at the facility.[2] Waste produced from Sweden's nuclear power plants will continue be stored at the facility until the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company can complete construction of a more permanent storage site at Forsmark.

  • Clab Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB about Clab (in Swedish)

References
  1. "Clab – Central Interim Storage Facility for Spent Nuclear Fuel". skb.com. SKB-Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  2. "Clab". Swedish Radiation Safety Authority. Retrieved September 17, 2017.

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